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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

FLASHED into the deep, dark hole below; the
grinding of the upper and the neither stone
were heard within; an empty wagon was
standing by the door, ready to be loaded;
and at the door was Joshua Mech himself.
His coat and fiat cap, his boots, his face,
were covered with flour. He asked them
roughly what they wanted.
When he heard that Dan was arrested,
he seemed to reel and catch Mt the door
way.
When he heard that the cargo had NIL
disappeared, he laughed, but without
merriment. And then he invited the men
to search the mill.
There was nothing there.
HAnd so my uncle is caught" he said,
'tahd the boys with him?"
SAY, ay, all of them"
aLife is uncertain" said the Methody;
1--WE are like the grass. Poor Job and
Jephthahi And there was young man
with them? Was he, too, caught?"
5aAll caught"
aWas there any resistance?"
4The old man and his son, they were
quiet enough" replied one of the men.
'The other young fellow-he kicked and
fought bit.''
HDid he now?" cried Joshua, with much
interest. .tDid he? That was rash. Be-
cause resistance to the Kings officers Is
death. That's hanging matter. The
other three will get off with seven years.
transportation. But he'll be hanged.
Dear me! How very sadr'
He smacked his lips rs if he liked the
thought. Some people do like to dwell on
melancholy subjects.
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than he could use. I give this story
simply to illustrate how such thing
may be distorted, for upon investi-
CATION it was found to have occurred
at Patti concert, and not at Bern
hardt exhibition at all.
Mr.. Gould's career, with its attend
ant success, should teach US two
things, at least. One is that it al
ways pays to do kind act, for a
great deal of his large fortune has
been amassed by assisting men like
Mr.. Field, when there is a tight
place and taking their depressed
stock off their hands while in a
shrunken condition. He believes
also that the merciful man is merci-
full to his stock.
He says he owes much of his sue
cess in life to economy and neural
gia. He loves to relieve distress on
Wall street, and is so passionately
fond of this as he grows older that
he has been known to distress other
stock men just for the pleasant thrill
it gave him to relieve them.
Jay Gould is also living illustra-
tion of what young man may do
with nothing but his bare hands in
America. John u. Sullivan and
Mr.. Jay Gould are both that way.
Mr.. Gould and Col. Sullivan could
20 into Siberia to-morrow-little as
they are known there-and with a
small Gordon press, a quire of bond
paper and a pair of three-penny-
weight gloves they would soon own
Siberia, with a right of way across
the rest of Europe and first mort.
gage on the Russian throne. AS fast
as Col. Sullivan knocked out a dy-
nasty Jay could come in and admin
lister on the estate. This would be a
powerful combination. It would af-
ford US an opportunity also to get
some of those Russian hay-fever
names and chilblains by red mes.
sage. Mr.. Gould would get good
deal of money out of the transaction
and Sullivan would get ozone.-N'
Y. World.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

How WATER QUENCHEs FIRE
Now, in the large amount of heat
which water can take up and the fact
that ordinary infammables must be
raised to a high temperature in order
to burn, we have the cause of water
putting out fire. Put burning
match into q very small drop of
water and it is extinguished because
of the very large amount of heat
taken from the match in reducing
the water to steam, which reduces
the temperature of the match too far
below 2l2 degrees, or at least that
far, if there is water enough, and so
arborn and its compounds forming
the wood will no longer unite with
the oxygen of the air. For the same
reason a hot iron thrust into water
is cooled, and water sprinkled on the
floor cools the air, the heat of evapo-
ration in the latter case coming from
the air itself, thus cooling it. Now,
if we could find a fluid, very plenti-
full, which requires much more heat
than water to make it boil, evident
ly we could put large fires out much
more readily.-Globe- Democrat IN
terUielU.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

The MEANING OF IDAHO.-Those
who have wandered among the
Rockies and gazed upon the SUBMITS
of the great Snowy range before the
sun had climbed high enough to turn
the crystal rivers into silver and light
up the plains with glory, have seen
in the dim light of the dawning day
the white peaks suddenly cleaning
as though the gates of the other
world had opened and a flood OF the
radiance from within had been per-
mitted to fall on the snow; so high
up that the footsteps Of man and the
dust of the world have never been
able to contaminate it. The sheen is
brighter than the stars on the sea,
and the dazzling splendor Of jewels
cannot compare with it. This gilt
tering appearance is called by the
Indians "Idaho," and the nearest
the English language can express it
is "the gem of the mountains" with
which name the territory seems to
have justly been endowed.-Good
Cheer.
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CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH.

The number of sudden deaths is
large, perhaps increasingly so, al
though the popular impression may
be false, since the daily press and the
telegraph have made neighborhood
of the whole land.
One source of sudden deaths Is ac-
cidents, but many events pass under
the head of accidents which might
have been foreseen and guarded
against. Americans particularly are
apt to take great risks; for example,
in their eating, their clothing, their
building, in crossing railway tracks,
and in many other ways.
How careless we are =! No staging
need ever fall, and it would not If
proper care were taken in choice of
material and construction. Think OF
the frightful list of deaths resulting
from the use of oil poured upon a
lighted fire to cause it to kindle more
quickly!
With many other causes of sudden
death, our own personal ills seem at
first to have almost nothing to do.
There may be fatal break in the
physical machinery at a point where
Weakness has not heen suspected.
The heart, perhaps, becomes unnatu-
rally enlarged, or its tough, muscu-
lar fibre turns to fat, and suddenly
there is mortal rupture.
Or the enfeebled heart fails to send
blood to the brain, and the man drops
dead in the street, or at his business,
or, more fortunately, perhaps, in the
midst of his family.
In other cases there may be de-
generation of the cerebral artery,
and high living, or a glass OF wine,
or an excitement of passion, may
arouse the heart to send the blood to
the brain with a force too great for
the weakened arterial walls to with
stand. These walls give way at one
or more points, the outpoured blood
presses against the nerve centres,
and thus is cut off the necessary sup
ply of nerve force to vital organs.
The man falls unconscious, and with
in few days dies.
We have not space to speak of 9TH
er causes somewhat similar, but in
most of them the weakness of the
link at which the chain breaks is due
to over.exertion, to too continuous
brain work, to eXcesses in eating and
drinking, to passion, to worry. The
weak spot being ascertained, the IA
tai result may be prevented for years,
perhaps indefinitely, by carefully
regulated life.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

IRISH AID IN THE AMERICAN
REvoLUTIoN.-The Queens Jubilee
year has had many surprises for the
Irish race the world over, but none
sostrange as the information afforded
the American section of the children
of the Gael in the July issue of the
North american Revie,o, which Mr..
Duffield Osborne concludes is sutfi-
cient ito explode forever the fiction
of American Indebtedness to Ireland
on the score of revolutionary sue
COR"
Washington's adopted son, George
Washington Parke Custis, says in
his personal Recollections:"
"Tell me not of the aid we receiv-
ed from another European nation in
the struggle for independence. That
aid was most, nay, all essential to
our ultimate success but remember
the years of the conflict that had
rolled away, and many hard field
had been fought ere the fleets and the
armies of France gave US their pow
erful assistance. We gladly and
gratefully admit that the chivalry of
France, led by the young, the great,
the good and gallant Lafayette, was
most early and opportunely at our
side. But the capture of Burgoyne
had ratified the Declaration of In
depenence. The renowned combats
of the Heights of Charleston and
Fort Moultrie; the disastrous and
bloody day of Long Island, Of Bran
dywine and of Germantown; the
glories of Trenton, of Princeton, and
of Monmouth, all had occurred and
the rank grass had grown over the
grave of many a poor Irishman who
had died for America ere the Flag
of the Lilies floated in the field by
the Star-Spangled Banner.
"Of the operatives in war-the
soldiers, I mean up to the coming OF
the French, Ireland furnished in the
ratio of a hundred for one OF any
foreign nation whatever. =,
"Then honored be the good old
service of the sons of Erin in the War
of independence. Let the shamrock
be intertwined with the laurels OF
the Revolution, and truth and JUS
tice, guiding the pen of history, in
scribe on the Tablets of Americas
remembrance eternal gratitude to
Irishmen n'-North american Re-
vieU.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is said
and written nowadays in discussion
of the wisest and surest cure of in
temperance. But not so much is said
as might be of total abstinence as a
certain preventive of intemperance.
tits a question whether person who
has become Incorporate will be res
cued from the end and doom of the
intemperate. 1t is not a question
whether person will escape that
peril if he continues a total abstainer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

THE MUsQUITo WoNDERoUsLY
BEAUTIFUL.-It ought to console
people who are bitten by the mus
quito to be told by a scientist
that the musquito is wondrously
beautiful. "Place one," he says,
"under a microscope. Adjust the
lenses. Now place your eye to / ,
eye piece. Presto! The tiny dirt
colored speck has vanished, and in
place appears the most radiant and
gorgeous creature which the mind
can conceive of. The wings are Of
pale amber, the legs and thorax ma
genta, the body dark green, the eyes
purplish black and glittering like
diamonds, the proboscis shining like
ebon. Compared with this pomp
and magnifcence of decoration the
brightest and most vivid of the
painters pigments are muddy."-
Philadelphia Call.
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INVALIDS AND LONG LIFE.

Care is a prime condition of con-
tinued health, even in persons who
are physically vigorous, but up to
middle life, the recuperative force is
so strong and active that careless
ness is the rule. Hence, persons who
ought to live fourscore years and
over, die at the age of sixty or under.
When, however, one is stricken
with a disease which naturally ends
in death, this care is imperative.
BY care the patients life may be
prolonged many years, while sim
gle act of carelessness may precipi-
tate a fatal result.
The consumptive not neglecting
medical aid-may do much toward
holding his disease in check; per-
haps may eradicate it. Let him
spend a large part of his time in the
open air and sunshine; take gentle
exercise daily; keep the functions OF
the skin active, by means OF friction
night and morning, and the bowels
in habitual good order; and mean
while guard against taking cold.
To settle back feebly into the arm
chair of a sick room, and depend on
the medicines of a physician-even
the best physician in the worlds
to hasten the progress OF the disease.
Most people, when informed that
their heart is seriously affected, feel
as if there was but step between
them and death but the heart is
very strong organ, and even when
greatly obstructed or weakened, can
manage, with intelligent co-opera.
tion of the patient, to keep the blood
carrying life through the arteries for
many years. Often it has to force the
blood through a shriveled openingnot
much larger than goose-quill; and
this it does by working harder, thus
causing its own enlargement.
But the enlargement may at length
cause dangerous thinning Of some
portion of its walls. Sometimes the
walls of the aorta-the large arterial
trunk into which the heart empties-
lose their elasticity, and swell out
into a great thin tumor (aneurism).
Sometimes the tough fibres of the
heart are changed to fat. In such
cases a fatal termination may be long
delayed by avoiding undue excite
ment.
So, too, the diabetic patient may
fill out a good measure of life, pro-
vided he is willing to abstain rigidly
from certain kinds of food.
Every one knows how fatal Brights
disease is, and yet Bright himself,
whose researches respecting it have
given his name to it, said, fifty years
ago: "With care, life may some.
times be prolonged many years, and
without care it is materially short
ened." The experience of half a
century has confirmed and empha-
sized this struth.- Youths Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR SENSES.
We cannot see under a certain size
or beyond a certain distance. The
retina makes no accounting of the
Photographic dark beyond the violet,
and knows naught of the heat dark
this side the red. In the world of
unheard sound about us some notes
we cannot hear because they are too
high and some because they are too
low. We live in a world of odors,
of which, to our grave loss, we smell
a bare hundredth part of what a
healthy dog smells. These limita-
tions we daily act upon, and the use
of all instruments of precision rests
upon them.-THe Century.
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What a long and dreary day that was

What long and dreary day that wasl
I, who had never before minded being
solitary, thought each hour dragged itself
along more slowly than its predecessor.
went out in the little boat, but it was only
to strain longing eyes across the water to
see If haply I could discern the white sails
Of the Dancing Polly. But there was
nothing on the ocean, and presently l
rowed languidly home again, and tried to
think out somehow the life that was be-
fore me. But that was difficult, because
I did not know what lady was like.
Only 5 in the afternoon! the whole even
ing and half the night before me yet! l
went into the yard and talked to Isaac
Agus. He said the wind was favorable,
but it would freshen in the night; and
then went back to the house, as 1t was
getting dark and chilly, Lit the fire and sat
down before it, thinking.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF
MAN.-From q chemical point of
view, man is composed of thirteen
elements, of which five are gases
and eight are solids. If we consider
the chemical composition of a man
of the average weight of 154 pounds,
we will find that he is composed in
large part of oxygen, which is in
state of extreme compression. In
fact, man weighing 154 pounds con-
tains ninety-seven pounds of oxygen,
the volume of which, at ordinary
temperature, would exceed $50 cubic
feet. The hydrogen is much less in
quantity, there being less than fifteen
pounds, but which, in a free state,
would occupy volume of $500 cubic
feet. The three other gases are nitro
gen, nearly four pounds, chlorine
about twenty-siX ounces, and hou-
rine, three and quarter ounces: Or
the solids carbon stands at the head
of the metalloids, there being forty
eight pounds. Next comes phospho-
rous, twenty-six ounces. The most
abundant metal is calcium, more
than three pounds; next potassium,
two and half ounces; sodium, two
and a quarter ounces, and lastly,
iron, one and quarter ounces. 1t
is needless to say that the various
combinations mabe by these thirteen
elements are almost innumerable.
WHEN TO LAUGH.-Laughter at
the right time and place both shows
the man and helps to make the man.
But, as a rule laughter at ones own
witticisms or drolleries is as really
out of place as self-praise. He who
does his own laughing at his bright
sayings or doings-as he who praises
himself-seems to leave nothing for
any one else to do in that line. 1t
appears to be generally understood
in the world that there is about so
much laugh, or praise, fairly due to
any mans performances. Ifhe takes
it on himself to do all that for him
self, that naturally relieves every
body else of responsibility in the
same direction; but if he freely leaves
the laughing or the praising for 9th
ers to attend to, they are generally
ready to do their part in the premi-
ses. There is "a time to laugh;"
but that time rarely comes to man
when he has just said or done thing
which is intended to make others
laugh.
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sa~ Mercy is an unknown trait in
the character of a coward. His soul
is too small and contemplate to con-
tain anything else than what is vile
and low.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-09-21

n6g Pride is located halfway be-
tween vice and virtue, and little OF
it won't hurt saint, and good deal
of it often helps sinner.
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GIRLS, READ THIs.-Apropos of
affairs of marriage, it is quite proba-
BILE that many young women COM
NIT a decided mi4ake in supposing
that by a display of dressing they
attract young men. On the contrary,
the young man of this day looks
upon excessive exhibition in the way
of millinery as a beacon light of
danger. He is willing to dance with
the extravagant girls and let their
parents foot the bills, but he does
not propose to undertake that job
himself. When he fairly contem-
plates marriage, he looks out for some
sensible discreet young woman who
does not show that dress is the chief
consideration of her life. He adj
mires vivacity, but he is not taken
with bold and forward young women
who talk slang, are uncivil to their
mothers, and whose best converse
ton concerns some trashy novel.
Marriages still 60 on, but the frivo-
lous young women "get left" Their
measure is taken, and they have only
themselves to blame that all their
toilets and affectations do not bring
husbands. All this is perfectly prop
er. A man is a fool not to exercise
Judgment when he comes to consid-
er the choice of a wife.
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ITO BE CONTINUED ]
WOMAN'S CAPABILITIES.

Men, from the large Ego, doubtless
implanted in them for useful pur-
poses, have a tendency to see things
solely from their own point Of view,
and to Judge things, not as they are,
but as the world will look at them,
with reference to their individual
selves. Their sense of order, their
power and inclination to take trouble
are rarely equal to a woman's. Her
very narr0Wness makes her more
conscientious and reliable in matters
of minute detail. A mans horizon
is wider, his vision larger, his phys
ical and intellectual strength gener-
ally greater than a woman's; but he
is as a rule less prudent, less careful,
less able to throw himself out of him
self, and into the interest of other
people, than a woman is. Granted
capable woman, and one that has
had even a tithe of the practical edu-
cation that all men have or are sup
posed to have, she will do matter
of business, say an executorship, Sec
retaryship, etc., as we'll as any man,
or even better than most men, be-
cause she will take more pains. Did
girls get from childhood the same
business training as boys, and were
it clearly understood in all families,
that it is not credit but a discredit
for women to be idle, to hang help
lessly on the men instead of doing
their own work, and, if necessary,
earning their own living, I believe
society would be not the worse but
the better for the change. Men
would find out that the more they
elevate women the greater use they
get out of them. If, instead of a
man working himself to death for
his unmarried daughters, and then
leaving them ignominiously depen-
dent upon male relations, he educat-
ed them to independence, made them
able both to maintain and to protect
themselves, it would save him and
them q world ofunhappiness. They
would cease to be either the rivals
a very hopeless rivalry-or the play
things first and then the slaves of
men, and become, as was originally
intended, their co-mates, equal and
vet different, each sex supplying the
others deficiencies, and, therefore,
fitted to work together, not apart,
for the good of the world.-For,tn1.
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VUHRELING AND EI.M GROVE &. :.

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BEN wOOD.

A dariag robbery w2s perpetrated Wed
neadsy night at the farm house Of MIR.
George Marble which is located about two
miles from our town. The family with
the exceptions OF two of the boys who
were at a neighbOrs had retired very early
in the evening One of the boys returning
about 3 O'Clock found nothing amiss and
went to his room, but when the other boy
came hack an hour or two later he found
the furniture in disorder and the contents
of bureau drawers strewn over the house.
He raised al alarm and his father found
upon Investigation that small
chest or cabinet containing bills,
notes receipts and such like papers hsd
been taken together with its contents,
some clothiug and SIS in money. Mr..
Marble had sold his farm in the fore part
of the week for g, 500, which he deposited
in one of the Wheeling banks IL Is more
than probable that this amoant was the
object of the burglary. Not the slightest
clue to the guilty party has 50 far been
found. A close watch was kept at the
railroad stations and ut the ferry for sGs-
picious characters, and word has been sent
10 the banks in regard to some OF the
stolen notes.
A very good programme will be rendered
at the Brick Church entertainment this
friday evening. The entertainment
will be repeated on Saturday evening with
another interesting programme =,
The Nightengale- wedding took
place yesterday afternoon ut o'clock
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-10-28

at close to opening figures in most cases
Closing prices show Irregular changes,
though the advances arc in majority
Kansas and Texas lost Il, Manitoba up Il,
Oregon Navigation and Western Union
each. Sales, 25s, 316 shares. Quotations
closed bid IS follows:
Adams Express 40; american h1preS
lO7; Canada Pacific $50 Central Paciu,
3Ol; Chesapeake and OhlE st; do pre!erre'
frsts 81, do seconds 6; Chicago and Alton,
1870: 90 preferred 40; Chicago, burlington
sGd Quincy 1913; Delaware and HUDSON
99B; Delaware. LackSwaana aud western,
1861; Deaves and Rin Gsnpds, 224; Enc,
"a; Il. p.c:erred 624; s. Wayn=, l4e5
IlEnols CtuLrsi. 1861, lake Shore Us;
Micnigs,. Central, S5l; iiiuEsapoiS and
81. Jcu.~, 81; 10 preferred, 1913; NisS'uIi
Pscitic. SGT; Northern Pacific. 2Ot; do PIE
Ge-rad, 434; Chicag" and Northwestern,
1919; 10 preferred 40; New Yo;R Cen
trEi, lO6t; Oregon TTaasContinrrt@', l7s;
parific Mail, So; Panama. -; Peoria, D. x
E 2O3; Pittsharg Isl; Tnllman Palace CsI
l4S; Reading, 62f; Rocs Island. 1874; s..
Louis aud son Fianc!Er,., 344 Ia ple;eT:el,
6si; frs: preferred, 10; 81. Fsul, fliDnesp-
oils snd Minnesota 1919; St Paul and
Omaha, 374 do preferred l043 Texas Pacific,
23i; Union PaciGt AZ; UniJ-i states TX
piss SO: Wee-:s~-, Union TfitIrapb 1T.
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TOLEDO, O, October 27.-Wheat-
Dull and steady cash 76!c, December 7ssc;
May safe. Corn-Active and steady; cash
Acc; May 46sc. OAts-Quiet and IN
changed Glover Seductive and firm;
cash 81 02l; November 81 05 February
Il 20